Garment hanger



Jan. 17, 1950 H. KUSHER e-rAL GARMENT HANGER 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed June 28, 1946 lNv NToFes Hyman .illu/zer BYEmI/ Welmann TTORNEY Jan. 17, 1950 H. KUSHER ET AL -y2,49`4`,71v 1 GARMENT HANGR 2 Sheets-Sheet 2- INVENTORS E I/l/eimann ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 17, 1950 UNITED GABMENT HANGER Hyman Knaller. New York,

Jamaica,

andEmllWehnaln.

Application June 2l, 1946, Serial No. .680.232 z claim.' (ci. zza-s4) scribed comprising 1an arched member provided with a hook and a pair of :extension sleeves on the outer ends of saidarched member, the sleeves being extensible to various positions, and to retain the sleeves in various adjustedpositions.

Yet another object of this invention 4is to provide in an extensible garment hanger of the character described, extensible pants or skirt supporting means.

Still a further object of this invention is to provide a strong. compact and durable device of the character described, which shall be relatively inexpensive to manufacture, which shall'be attractive in appearance, and yet practical and eiilcient to a high degree in use.

Other objects of this invention willin part be obvious and in part' hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplied in the construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claims. v

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown various possible illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a device embodying the invention in collapsed form-and with parts broken away to show the interior construction; l

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. yl but showing the device opened up or in extended position;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 3--3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on line l-I of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional 'view taken on line 5-5 of F18. 1;

Fig. 6 is a partial view similar to Fig. 2, but illustrating a modified construction;

Fig. 6a is a iront elevational view of 'a 'garment hanger embodying the invention and illustrating a modiied'iorm thereof and showingl the same in collapsed condition;

Hg.'1isaviewsimiiertorlg.6aandshowing the same in extended position;

Fig.8isacrosssectionalviewtakenonlin l--l ot Fig. 6a;

Fig. 9isaviewsimilartollg.6andillustrating another modification; and

Fig. 10 is -an enlarged cross-section taken on line Il--II ofFig.9.

Referring now in detail uf the drawing, IU designates a garment hanger the inven tion. The same comprises an arched member II provided with a central upstanding hook I2. The member II maybemadeofplastic material or any other suitable material and the hook may be formed integrally therewith.

Each wing Il is formed with an arched slot Il. At the upper edge of each slot are a plurality of spaced curved semi-circular notches I5 for the purpose hereinafter appearing. Slidably mounted on each wing Il is a sleeve Il. Each sleeve I6 has parallel side walls i1. a curved top wall I8, and a curved bottom wall IS. The curvature of sleeve ii is the same as the curvature of the wings I3 so that the sleeves may be slidably moved.

Interconnecting the side walls il is a pin 2l passing through slot Il. The top wall I8 is formed with notches Ila to receive the stem portion of the hook I2. The pins Il are located adjacent the inner ends of the sleeves Ii.. When the sleeves are brought together as shown in Fig. 1, pins 2li will engage the innermost notches I5 as shown in Fig. 1 o f the drawing. There is some looseness between the sleeves I I and the wings I3 so that the pinsll may be moved out of notches I5, andinto slot il so as to permit the sleeves to be moved 4lengthwise of the wings. In order to extend the sleeves, the sleeves li are tilted to disengage the pins Il from the innermost notches I5, and thenthe sleeves are pulled out and the pins then engaged with any one of the other notches i5. In this manner, the sleeves may be extended so as to adjust the length of the garment hanger. When the sleeves are pulled outwardly the weight of their outwardly extending portions and the weight of a garment applied to the hanger causes the sleeves to rock upon ends of the arched member or main bar II and inner ends of the sleeves will be tilted upwardly and thereby prevent the pins from slipping out of the notches in which\they are engaged. Therefore the sleeves will be-ilrmly held in the adjusted positions until their outer ends are thrt upwardly to rock the 'sleeves in a direction which mom their inner ends downwardly and disiodses the 3` pins from the notches in which they are engaged. The garment hanger may be used for either infants or childrens wear or for adult's apparel. The device may be collapsed to the position shown in Fig. 1 so that it may be easily packed for travelling.

In Fig. 6 there is shown a garment hanger 0a, similar to the garment hanger Ill, except that the integral hook I2 is replaced by a metal hook 30 which is attached to the central arched member The sleeve -|6 may likewise be made of synthetic plastic. The sleeves may be transparent, if desired.

It will be noted that the sleeve AI6 cannot be entirely pulled oil the arched member Il because the pins 20 are within the slots I4.

In Figs. 6a, 'I and 8 there is shown a garment hanger Ib embodying the invention and illustrating a modiiied form thereof. The garment hanger Nb comprises an upper portion which is substantially similar to the garmant hanger IU. The garment hanger IUb, however, is provided with pants or skirt supporting means 30a which is extensible with the sleeves lia.

The garment hanger |b comprises an arched member Il, similar to member ll of Figs. 1 to 6. The sleeves ISa are slidable on the wings 3 of member Sleeves |6a are similar to sleeves I6, except for the diierences pointed out hereinafter.

'Ihe pants supporting means 30a comprises a tube 3| telescoped within a tube 32. Tube 3| has a horizontal portion 33 and an upwardly and outwardly inclined portion 3l. Tube 32 has a horizontal portion 35 receiving portion 33 of tube 3|. Extending upwardly from tube portion 35 is a tube portion 3i. The bottom wall' |811 of each sleeve lia is formed with a countersunk opening 31 adjacent the upper end thereof. The upper end of tube portion 36 projects into the countersunk opening 3l. Said upper portion is internally screw threaded Aas at 36a. Extending through opening 31 is a screw 38 screwed into theV threaded opening 36a, xing said tube portion to sleeve Ilia.

The top wall |8a of each sleeve lEa is formed with an opening 40 aligned with opening 3l to receive a screw driver for fastening the screw 38 to the tube portion 36. n

The upper end of tube portion 34 is similarly attached to the other sleeve IGa.

It will now be understood that when sleeves |6a are extended, the pants or skirt supporting means 30a will likewise be extended. The tubes 3| and 32 are preferably made of resilient metal or any other suitable resilient material so as to permit some ilex, particularly at junctions 42 and I3 between the tube portions 33, 34 and 35, 38 respectively. v

In Figs. 9 and l0 there is shown a hanger |00, similar to hanger Illb, except for the differences noted hereinafter. Hanger Hic comprises the arched member in the ends of which are slidably mounted sleeves |612, similar to sleeves IG, except that the former are formed at the ends thereof with pairs of depending ears 50 formed with aligned holes receiving transverse pivot pins 52 and 53, respectively. Pivoted on pin 52 4 isoneendoiatubell. Pivotedtoplnlliaone endof'atube telescopingontubell. Asthe wings move outwardly, rod I5 slides in tube Il.

Movement of one wing without the other is not hampered by the rod and tube because of the pivots 52, 53.

Pants or a skirt may be hung on the telescoping rod and tube 45, 4I.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiments above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described oui invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A garment hanger comprising a longitudinally arched main bar, a suspension member midway the length of said bar adapted for engagement with an overhead support, portions of said bar between its ends and said suspension member being formed with longitudinally extending slots conforming to the curvature of the bar and with notches spaced from each other longitudinally oi' the upper walls of the slots, tubular longitudinally curved sleeves iltting about said bar and slidable longitudinally thereon from a retracted position to an extended position and having their inner ends abutting under said suspension member when retracted, and pins mounted transversely through inner end portions of said sleeves and passing through said slots to limit sliding movement of the sleeves along the bar, said sleeves being tiltable upon said bar by weight upon their outer portions when exnded and when so tilted disposing the pins in selected notches to releasably hold the sleeves in adjusted positions.

2. The structure of claim 1, wherein the sleeves carry transversely spaced ears extending downwardly from their outer ends, telescoping rods extending longitudinally of the hanger under the sleeves, and pins passing through the ears and outer ends of said rods and connecting the rods with the sleeves.

HYMAN KUSHER. EMIL WEIMANN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the ille of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,114,294 Routstone Oct. 20, 1914 1,422,782 Rattan July 11, 1922 D. 136,082 Schreiber Aug. 3, 1943 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 40.488 Denmark July 8, 1929 

